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week only. Call at your Grocery Elms on Square Set 70 Years Ago Seventv years ago Ernest Som mers. father of Dr. J. C.

Sommers and Max Sommers, acting as gardener of the Capitol grounds, planted 200 young elm' trees, some of. them bordering the square upon which the capitol stands, others scattered over the lawn. When the new capitol was built manv of these trees were chopped down, others died, and today there are but two left. With dignity these elms grace the entrance at the very head of Monona avenue. Auto Inspectors do Lots of Business average of 2,000 a being collected by the two automobile inspectors appointed by Secretary of State Merlin Hull.

These Doctors are visiting all localities in the stale and rounding up men wno navo wmu licenses for the operation 01 their cars. One man was found who had two csts, but was to maite one set of number plates do for both vehicles. Others were found who thought that last years license was good enough. Free Perfumed BO RAXO this week only. Call.

at your Grocery. Consider U.S. Labor Party During August (By tro Associate Press CHICAGO A conference to discuss the advisability of. organizing, a national labor party, will be' held in Chicago, Aug. IS.

Labor, organizations throughout the country have been asked to send representatives. Lfter each meal YOU eat one FATONIC stomach's jAnD nd (tet full food value and real stanch comfort. Itb' relieves bewt oro. bloated. as.y teciin.

STOFb cidity, food repeating and stomach ffi AIDS digestion; keeps the THE MENCES PHARMACIES, Madison, Wis. tson that are inseparable irom pri; monopoly and privilege. Aua while this will be hard on the leisure class, it may be good for. Germany. National pride and the hard necessities of the case may force her capi tVTs end to accept wi.n a strueclE these cenctical changes that other' countries can only be brought about after endless friction and conflict and the disorganization attendant on conflict.

Ut coarse there is a big "if" here, for even in defeated Uermany pnvnegu will not yield without a struggle, and Herr Erzberger's tax scheme has not yet met the test. What a nation like Germany ea accomplisl. saving and increased production when these are seen by the entire population absolutely necessary for continued national existence may surprise the world, in the opinion' of 'engineers and economists who have studied the of industry as at present conducted. It is no longer socialism, nor anvthmg else queer and unusual, but the matter of fact calculation of engineers and scientists, that in in dsutry utter industry, production cas be doubled and trebled and costs drastically reduced by insisting on maximum oroduction and disregard ing t. private ui ii.

stand in its way. For instance, hi this country the. private coal operators and the railroads have co operated to keep in operation at least THirt. of" the vear two or three times too. many coal mines, many.

Of whlih have no excuse ior existence jccmise of their cost or their' distance from the market. The big low cost operators are glad to encourage, this condition andperpstrate' it, because it means Irish prices for coal. Again, established private, interests stand in 'tho way of revolutionary changes of practicability, such as central power stations at the mines, and the conversion of coal at tne mine into a gas mat wouiu greater heat value per unit while at the same time yielding by products of enormous value benzol, and coal tar. These established arid 'demonstrated savings arc estimated. by Smithsonian Institute at' Washing ton, a government1 bureau, at a.

year' at tne lowest, iqr this country. This is only one of many vast economies which, economists point out; the skillful; arid ingenious Germans may now. inaugurate: Socialists claim; these savings as one of the major 'benefits of a community organized on cooperative basis'. The Socialist theory is' that the "capitalist class will sever voluntarily, change to this basis, nor inaugurate the savings that 1 go'" with coordination and cooueration on a bigrscale. 'And if.

Germany survives without' a revolt: tiori. she may world' with a test of what we.nr.ay of the men now everywheret in'icoritroi. the anJftianagers ana organizers andvengineers. If in Germany, faced as she is disaster, this class' is not iiDd' nublic snirited sacrifice its immediate personal interest for the. sake production, then nowhere can we expect to.

see, the change's eoriial except at. the dc mand of a triuuiphant: London "View vicwof Germany avlanU blessed by defeat is well illustrated t7 an editorial; recently, sp pearing in "TheJNew Age," London eekly which is the organ of one. of the most influential of the "We assert far from mare TJnhappy tnan tney THE CAPITAL TIMES. THURSDAY AFTEKXOOX, JKLY 24, 1919 itoTo heen. the German pco pio (the oligarchy will consequence of the peace terms themselves happier than they have ever been.

For the masses life will be better wortn living in uerm uj other country. The crushing burden of imperialism has been taucn from oil tneir muii ders; 'in'd "only a false pnde wiU Trieve at the loss. The German pes pie in so far as they can be truthlUI with themselves, will find occasion HiiniT hut Latisf action. "To the 'people' of Germany, that is to say, to' 99' out of every 100 of its sixty or so millions, the "private property now to be consficatea and the public debt now to be appropriated by the Allies would have been equal burden if they had been left in the hands of German capitalists "In contrast with the real as distinct from the sentimental prospects Kf tTnu.cn mlns of Enli5h produc tion ever the purchasing, power of English labor is likewise without any return that affects the well being of 90 out of every 100 of our population." Much of this seems far fetched, Twit it at least serves to challenge and'eorrect. a lot of loose thinking'! cm the subject.

As for productions of what will happen in Europe, it is like predicting next week's weather Bud most of us will remember how the best economists agreed ir. 1914 that the war could' not last more than a year, Frc Perfumed BO RAXO this week only. Call at your Grocery, Three Other Hardboils Sentenced With Smith (By the' Associated Presa) WASHINGTPN Besides." Frank H. "Hard Boiled" two other undone inaii. were' corivictec, "by courtmaitial of cruelties, to American anriy.

prisoners 'at prison farm Number in This conr taihed in 'a to. the oartment" frcim. Gen. i'ershmg, which was. rer fl.

to a. special, nouso war" investigating 'committee today, bv. General March, chief of Smith. was 'sentenced, months imprisonment, Joseph' Mason and Helf enstein to dismissal, from the service "and Scr: geant to sii tonigbt at Ether Beach. Baby Ostriches Perking Up; Menu of Lettuce, Bran Madison's two baty ostriches, who are six days old today, are beginning to take a little rcore interest in living, according to reports from the poultry building where they wcts hatched and are' being cared for by Owen Johnson.

Lettuce and a little bran mash is all that is being fed to them. Fourteen more ostrich eggs are in the incubators batching. Prof. J. G.

Halpin, head of the poultrv returned from New York Recently ar.d exploded the stories that he had been at La ifymg tlje worK oi 'jus Germany, we invite the German a3 'hi aa l9 consider what their acii Refuses Million TO SELL SttRPLLI ARMY SUPP SoTTSEWlVES NOTEWORTHY JULY SPECIAL IN REMEDY THAT AIDED DIGESTION San Antonio Resident Ex presses Her Appreciation of Dr. William' Pink Pills "1 suffered a general decline ir. health jvetsI years ago," relates Mrs. J. F.

Xemp, who lives at M. fin? Barrett Place. San Antonio, Texas. I seemed to bo on the verge giving out entirely and grew discouraged andvworried" 'a lot over, mv condition. What little I ate.

vprv seldom cared lor food. seemed to distend my stomach and cause heartburn. I became extremely nwDU3 and occasionally had dull head pains. "One day I read of a case quite similar to mine in1 a newspaper and, learning th.it the woman had been helped by Dr. William' Pink Pills, I procured a box.

The first change, noticeaoic was an ihijiuici my appetite and the strcnrthcning of mv stomacn to a point wnere iujr food was digested without distress. It was not long before I regained mv strength and, as a result of the general toning up of ray system, my nervousness disappeared. I always keep Dr. Williams' Pink Pills on hand and use them whenever my system needs a tonic I don't hesitate to recommend them." Dr. Willian.s' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or direct from, the Dr.

Williams Medicine scnen ectady, N. on receipt of 50 cents per ox or sis boxes for $2.50. Write for the free booklet or. nervous disorders and What to Eat and How to Eat" adv 12TH WIS. VETS HERE EACH YEAR Vote to Hold All Reunions in Madison Linquist New President To hold all future reunions in Madison was votet at Wednesday's re nior.

meeting of the 12th Wisconsin veterans of the civil war who e.ect ed Charles J. Lindquist of P.io succeed Marcus Pratt of Kilbourn as president of the association. The reunion in 1920 will be held at this same time, the celebration of the battle of Atlanta. Hosca Rood of Madison is and terasurer, a position to which he was elected for life. Other officers are vice presidents (one from each company) Co.

A. F. Oitman of Ellsworth; Co. H. P.

Ballard of Kasson, Co. Samuel Hock ings o' Mine al Point; Co. Captain William Nungesser of Manistee, Co John Griffa, Kilbotim; Co. Levi L. Odeil of Gales villo; rv a Ahrr A.

Johnson of Kasson, Co. Henry C. Smith of Greer. Bay; Co. Louis D.

i Chogg of Rearistown, ana oo. josepi. Pinkham of Linden, Neb Free Perfumed BO RAXO this GERMAN PEOPLE TO BENEFIT BY TERMS IS CLAIM Continued from page 1 Undergarments of Crepe de Chine and Satin Discount of 10 pa cent Friday and Saturday nKEPE de Chine and Wash Satin Envelope VJ Chemise Night Robes, Sleeveless Night Robes, Knickers and Camisoles. HIS is an "excellent opportunity to take advantage of in 1 equipping handsomely, practically and inexpensively and equallv attractive to meet the summer requirements of all women who appreciate quality Undergarments at special pnemg. L.

Schmedeman Co. Oregon Delegates to Epworth League Conference Here Six to Attend Sessions Mr. Wagg in Address on Saturday eraf.ee from Prussianism is likely JJj professor HalpM has not been at 1 Sp ojth League convention at the pianmng cost us. we nave ueeii we have succeeded alt which the German governing classes have fai" they shall be comforted, but who shall comfort us who rejoice? We have adopted conscription bota lor tie army Jid navy; we have increased the barderi of our colonial T.mslhilities. We have been con firmed in our imperialism.

The war war, has resulted for us an obligation to be prepared for war tvery quarter of the world. For every penny, our rulers extracted Worn ou? labor to spend on Empire betore the war, we roust consent in future to spend a pound. The wnole burden hitherto borne by the German people will have fallen on as, to add Its weight to an already crushing very debt the allies propose to collect from' Germany can be proved to to the disadvantagt ol the Allied peoples, as, by the same reasoning, it can be shown be to the advantage of German labor For" what is debt but a1 demand tr. nvirvls anA services, that is.fot labor? And if the demand is made fierman labir, it cannot an mi same time So maGc oi.bimw ni hn irnrds. there will be' em nlBvment far labor in' Germany, i ineinniovment for la bor in England.

The surplus of Ger mT, Dvcr ourcnasing OI uffinnar. icuo ivm, true, oe ciiwinsi La Grosse, but calls to the impossibility of such. a', performance 'in which the' her. would have to reproduce her own weight in egs in a day's time anc would Jjave to 'drink a pint or so of water and eat about ounces of 'bran a day to perform as is claimed she has. There', a perfectly, good egg story, all unscrambled.

Blanks to Vets Query School Idea Will Ascertain Number Favor intr S. A. T. Plan for Higher Education Preparation of blanks to be sent nil Wisconsin soldiers to ascer tain whether they would desire to continue tnerr education on tne o. A.

T. C. plan of the state paying S30 a month was started today by Adjutant Ganerar Orlando Kolway. Letters will be. sent to all Wisconsin soldiers.

In the meantime the state board of education will also gather information as to the effect on the. different educational of the state. Secretary A Fitzpatritk the state board of education is already gathering the educational data. OREGON Among those who am on oeing jjrBSLui. i First Methodist church', Madison, his week end, either lor tne ensue nart time are the Misses Ida Mae Green, Nellie Trow sr.d Joyce Pas.ev, Mr.

Wagg, MX. owan, Donald McGiil. Mr. Wagg nas an article at the Saturday morning rrP snd Mr. McGiil is the solo fnr the mornins.

Mr. Cowan. will speak in the Trucsdale Mcth Knndav morning. Mrs, Jan Bnggs and cu.jart.ii of Benton, are the guests the F. E.

Hnggs lamny iur wC2k Mr and Mrs. Join Eowen, Mrs. iiora Hufaon, Clsresce Bowan and daughter, Esther, motored from Edgerton Sunday and spent the day at the McGiil home. Mr. and Mrs.

Artncr rauison auu daughter, Floris Eilleen, iVtrs C. Hanan and dangnter, mwa aTwl Mr. Oden Olson of Stough r. to the Dcils Sunday. Mr.

Cowan has a group, oi jjj demit at Crescent park for the On Monday, evening oi next wem. the 2Sth, jyir Appasamy Palamcottah, India, will give a lec ho Methodist church. Mr Appasamy is in the university this summer doing special work that wul fit him for the entering of Har v.irri this fail, and is an especially waker. solicitin finest of "comments everywhere he has appeared. The title of his ad Atb is of There For Fiber Loomm ha no.

fDutdc: Mich. One million dollars was refused here today by Marshall B. Lloyd' for his new method of producing reed and fiber goods and his machine for weayms the: fabrics. A group of American interested in the manufacture of bacy carriages, 'furniture and baskets, the device in Mr. Lloyd's factory' and for the.

first time in the history, of the. world, a machine that' would weave reed and fiber. Up to the present, time tins costlv operation has done by 1j mv. T.Wrf hi iwever. will' weave the 'fabric thirty times: as fast iis the most expert hand worker can arid with.

far. greater superiority. France Has Wheat; Deny Restrictions (By the' Aasoeikt'eil 'FresB) PARISrThe food' ministry. states' that has' not ias. yet had' to; consider the eventuality of again issuing broad tickets and 'says.

there is noth ing'tO; justify the statement that restrictions would, be imp'osed. A Paris dispatch, of Wednesday said that because of a possible, short France again be 'put onbread.ratio'ns September re stttblishmcnt of bread, ANOTHER SPEEDER Frank Kepp'el, 209; North' Frances street, was fined costa in Superior court tlus" morning Miss June Tayior nas Deen viaii. ing with: relatives in Wingra Park, Madison, for several days returning early the week. Mis Marie Herfurth vass of Madison was the week gnests of friends in town recently. Mr.

F. C. Comstock and son Reg inald 'and daughter Mervilla arc the guests of the E. W. Comstock family, arriving frcm their home in Fostville Iowa, Saturday memmg.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGiil left afternoon for a two weeks visit with jm.h tun Junction, Whitewater, Edgerton and Beloit. Cariyle N. Shilton was tne soloist at the regular monthly meeting of Rnial Center club of the school district last Friday evening.

F. Kramer ot the uregon ud scrver fruiting comsjmij. wm Milwaukee on a business trip, over the past week end. TJnrofcr.ca Schuler has beeh' in Stoughton.for several weeks; was over Sunday guest; of her parental' home! here. Mr.

and J. W. Dunne of Chicago and Mr; and Mrs. Francis Barry enjoy frig a few. oriting at Lake E.

Pease who has recently returned frorti ser. icc ir. is. the of vfrienda in Hamhrid ere llrs. Etta Hughes.

back, from a trip, to Oshkosh where she was the ner. son ana m.rs H'usT hcS. Miss Edna, 'Pease beer teaehinff in the public schools' vo: Wcstby for a few jfcors is visiting with friends in Fennbiore, and ex pects to teach this; year where she has a brother connected with the university. Mrs. Frank Pearl is enjoying an outing with friends at a lake near Superior.

Carlyle N. Shilton leaves this week, Friday, to attend the wedding of his sister! Grace, in Kewanneo, HI. Mrs. Shilton has preceded her husband by a week or ten Rev. C.

H. Linn and Mrs. Linn arrived Tuesday morning from stay of several weeks in various parts of Minnesota where they have been engaged in evangelistic work. Mrs. Mary B.

Kierstead is enjoying a visit with Chicago friends and relatives encamp at Lake Mendota. Mrs! M. T. Colby accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Charles Coiby of Madbon, are on a trip to Milwaukee and Flymoutn where they Miss Minnie reterson aau lli, M'ss Dickson have returned to their work in Milwaukee after spending some time at Miss nomi, here.

Fred Vincent oi was tho over Sunday guest of friends here. Mrs. Mary Sholts and small daughter of Mazomanie been the guests of Sholts' famiher town lor a ween. Reports are out to the effect that the beautiful new Mitchell car brought from Milwaukee last weet by the Mesdame McDermott and Kramer belongs to the Ulysses S. Grant Shampnor family.

Word has been received of the death of Harry Turner bo was formerly employed in the cigar factory of Charles MaTtin, mid aecur ring at the home of his sister in Sterling, 111., where he was taken two or three weeks ago. Rev. F. Ei Wagg is a menaar.ee SUN PRAIRIE Mrs. Ansel Atwater and two chil dren, who have been guests of her fathers, Dr.

E. C. Cobb, for a month, returned to home at. Barron. They were accompanied home by Mrs.

Atwater's sister, Miss Martha and brother for a visit. Mrs. Fred Chase, Mts. Ella Sweet, Mrs. Sweet, Mrs.

H. E. Woer pel and Mrs. J. J.

Conrad were en tertained at the sr. home at Madison Thursday, in honor of Mts. MoscL's birthday. Roy Emerson who has gpeiit some time. returned' to his home at Prentice Monday.

Miss Florence Earth, a gest among relatives' returned home at Grand. Meadow, Mon day, and was accompanied, home by her. cousins, Mjsses Anna Finger and Helen Siteer, and Leo i inger. whom will visit there. Mr.

and Mrs. John Christmun and Mvi. ChTistmun's uncle, D. Combs, arid were also guests in the F. L.

Haggerty home. Mr. and yzs. onas. and Mrs.

J. J. Conrad ana jua. Kleiner were entertained in he home of the'latter's daughter, Mrs. L.

D. Gleason near Madison, hon or Miss mna Neu oi iiiittu Miss Lucille Lyster is visiting up usin Mrs Alma Nelson at Stough D. F. Austin of Racine, who has been service over seas ceived bis discharge and visiteo. here Thursday ar.d Friday among rela tives and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hayden and daughter Lanra were guests from Saturday to 'Monday with Mrs.

Baj den's brother, Fred Stronp and family of Fond du Lac. Free Perfumed BO RAXO this week only Gall at your Grocery. 3 Stripe'Chaplain Joins State Guard GnstaTe Steams, Milwaukee, is First Overseas "Sky Pilot to Enlist in New Unit Capt. Gustave Stearns, Miiwan fresh from France with months overseas and wi.n a Tight sleeve chevron showing he was wounded in hhiou, i overseas chaplain to reenhst in tne Wisconsin national ijuaro. Capt.

Steams, who "gave up the pastorate of a large Milwaukee church to go to France with, the 127th infantry of the 32nd envision, and who gained the titic of "The Fighting Chaplain" on the battlefields of France, came to iladison Wednesday to re enlist in the Mi i anri wm at a conference in Lake Geneva this iSTrorll jn ty Adjutant General Hol wcek, way. PrrTnmod BO RAXO this week only. Call at your Groccry. TiONG BOY" TO LX)DI TO BE HER HEIR "All I ask is a good honest manly fellow jfi ho does not dm sSs of a irwoman wl wants to give a home to some returned soldier. Yesterday a man, good looking, broad shouldered, fix foot Ull walked into the United States employment bureau, and statea he could AH the requirements of the lonely mother.

He has gone to make application. His answer is to the second appeal of the woman. "1 will make him my heir and be a mother to him, she said in her letter. I have 21 acres of land valued' at more than 53,000, three cows and some chickens. 1 am 55 years old, but I can't stay ail the time." "Lex Hup" Auto Service WM.

LACHELEE, Mgr. Headquarters for Lesington Hupmobile Cars. Wc do general repairs on all cars. Carburetor and motor the sptctal ty of our Contincntal Motor Works expert. Service Station Fhone J.

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